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2018 年专业英语四级考试真题 DICTATION [10 MIN] LISTENING COMPREHENSION TALK [20 MIN] PART I Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II SECTION A In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work. SECTION B In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices. Now, listen to the conversations. Conversation One Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One. 1.A.Many foreign languages are spoken in Britain. B. C. D. 2.A.Chinese. Polish. B. C. Punjabi. D. Urdu. 3.A.To help improve international trade. B. C. D. Everyone in Britain can speak a foreign language. The British are unable to speak a foreign language. The British can survive on their mother tongue. To allow a speaker to hold a simple talk. To improve the education system. To encourage learning another language. CONVERSATIONS 4.A.It gives you self-satisfaction. B. It makes you more confident.

C. D. It gives you an advantage. It makes you work hard. Schoolmates. Teacher and student. Brother and sister. 5.A.Workmates. B. C. D. Conversation Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two. 6.A.A dangerous event. B. C. D. An unreasonable fear. A small probability. A risk-assessing ability. 7.A.One in one million. B. C. D. One in four million. One in fourteen million. One in forty million. 8.A. Future events. B. C. D. Catastrophic events. Small-scale disasters. Smoking hazards. 9.A.Traveling by air. B. Riding a bicycle. Catching bird flu. C. D. Smoking cigarettes. 10.A.They get pleasure from risks. B. C. D. They can control potential risks. They can assess danger from risks. They have strong needs for risks. PART III LANGUAGE USAGE There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question. Mark hour answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. 11. The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo __________ ancient Egypt’s first attempt to build a smooth-sided pyramid. A. has been believed to have been

B. was believed to be C. is believed to have been D. is believed to be 12. U.S. News ____________ rankings of colleges since 1983. They are a very popular resource for students looking to apply to university campus. A. maintains B. is maintaining C. maintained D. has been maintaining 13. He was lured into a crime he would not ____________have committed. A. actually B. accidentally C. otherwise D. seldom 14. She was once a young country wife with chickens in the backyard and a view of _____________ mountains behind the apple orchard. A. blue hazy Virginia B. hazy blue Virginia C. Virginia hazy blue D. Virginia blue hazy 15. I long to alleviate __________, but I cannot. A. the evil B. evil C. evils D. an evil 16. Indeed, it is arguable that body shattering is the very point of football, as killing and maiming ______________. A. war B. are war

C. of war D. are of war 17. At ____________, photography is a chemical process, during which a light-sensitive material is altered when exposed to light. A. its most basic B. its basic C. the most basic D. the basic 18. She hired a lawyer to investigate, only to learn that Gabriel had removed her name from the deed. The infinitive verb phrase “only to learn” is used __________. A. to express an intended purpose B. to indicate a high degree of possibility C. to reveal an undesirable consequence D. to dramatize a stated fact 19. Which of the following italicized words DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning? A. I wonder what’s behind this change of plan. B. Jim turned to speak to the person standing behind him. C. This work should have been finished yesterday. I’m getting terribly behind. D. I suppose I’m lucky because my parents were behind me all the way. 20. My mother was determined to help those in need and she would have been immensely proud of what has been achieved these last 20 years. The italicized part in the sentence expresses _______. A. a hypothesis B. a suggestion C. a contradiction D. a surprise 21. When the police officers who took part in the King beating were first brought to ___________, their lawyers used the videotape as evidence against the prosecution.

A. justice B. testimony C. trial D. verdict 22._________, the most controversial candidate in the election campaign, he has been strongly criticized for his crude comments about women. A. Questionably B. Arguably C. Contentiously D. Debatably 23. Prices have recently risen in order to __________ the increased cost of raw materials. A. cut B. buoy C. offer D. offset 24. The celebrity says in court papers she “has no __________ of giving any authorization to anyone to proceed with a divorce.” A. recommendation B. recording C. recollection D. recognition 25.What actually __________ a good angle — or a good selfie overall — is rooted in what we consider beautiful. A. consists B. constitutes C. composes D. constructs 26. The school is going the ________ mile to create the next generation of sporting

stars thanks to its unique development program. A. final B. further C. supplementary D. extra 27. The teachers’ union _________ a lawsuit against the district calling for repairing “deplorable” school conditions. A. fired B. filed C. fined D. filled 28. Last March the __________ of a 19th century cargo ship was found by an underwater archaeological team. A. debris B. ruins C. remains D. wreck 29. She’s worn his designs on __________ occasions from red carpets to movie premieres. A. countless B. countable C. numerical D. numeral 30. A leading ___________ intelligence and operations company has released its analysis of worldwide reported incidents of piracy and crime against mariners. A. oceangoing B. oceanic C. marine D. maritime

PART IV CLOZE Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET. A. accompanies B. automatically C. couple D. goes E. indebtedness F. kind G. manner H. mercifully I. one J. obey K. renowned L. subscribe M. unknown N. virtue O. widespread A Few years ago, a university professor tried a little experiment. He sent Christmas cards to a sample of perfect strangers. Although he expected some reaction, the response he received was amazing—holiday cards addressed to him came pouring back from the people who had never met nor heard of him. The great majority of those who returned a card never inquired into the identity of the unknown professor. They received his holiday greeting card, and they automatically sent one in return. This study shows the action of one of the most powerful of the weapons of influence around us—the rule for reciprocation. The rule says that we should try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided us. If a woman does us a favor, we should do her one in return; if a man sends us a birthday present, we should remember his birthday with a gift of our own; if a couple invites us to a party, we should be sure to invite them to one of ours. By virtue of the reciprocity rule, then, we are obligated to the future repayment of favors, gifts, invitations, and the like. So typical is it for indebtedness to accompany the receipt of such things that a term like “much obliged” has become a synonym for “thank you,” not only in the English language but in others as well. The impressive aspect of the rule for reciprocation and the sense of obligation that goes with it is its pervasiveness in human culture. It is so widespread that after intensive study, sociologists such as Alvin Goldener can report that there is no human society that does not subscribe to the rule. PART V READING COMPREHENSION SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark

your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. PASSAGE ONE （1）The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies that were free from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to escape the controls placed on their lives by kings and governments, priests and churches, noblemen and aristocrats. The historic decisions made by those first settlers have had a profound effect on the shaping of the American character. By limiting the power of the government and the churches and eliminating a formal aristocracy, they created a climate of freedom where the emphasis was on the individual. Individual freedom is probably the most basic of all the American values. By freedom, Americans mean the desire and the ability of all individuals to control their own destiny without outside interference from the government, a ruling noble class, the church, or any other organized authority. (2) There is, however, a price to be paid for this individual freedom: self-reliance. It means that Americans believe they should stand on their own feet, achieving both financial and emotional independence from their parents as early as possible, usually by age 18 or 21. (3) A second important reason why immigrants have traditionally been drawn to the United States is the belief that everyone has a equal chance to enter a race and succeed in the game. Because titles of nobility were forbidden in the Constitution, no formal class system developed in the U.S. (4) There is, however, a price to be paid for this equality of opportunity: competition. If much of life is seen as race, then a person must run the race in order to succeed; a person must compete with others. The pressures of competition in the life of an American begin in childhood and continue until retirement from work. In fact, any group of people who does not compete successfully does not fit into the mainstream of American life as well as those who do. (5) A third reason why immigrants have traditionally come to the United States is to have a better life. Because of its abundant natural resources, the United States appeared to be a “land of plenty where millions could come to seek their fortunes. The phrase “going from rags to riches” became a slogan for the American dream. Many people did achieve material success. Material wealth became a value to the American people, and it also became an accepted measure of social status.

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